Thanks for the recommendations! I’ve looked into (and set up) a few of these, but there are a few I definitely need to look into more! Need to learn more about sandboxing apps as well.

Oh this seems great, definitely checking this one out

No shame in that. I considered myself a pretty proficient Linux user until I installed arch lol

No experience with audio stuff but I feel you in terms of photo editing. Lightroom is gonna be sad to lose but darktable seems pretty good and if I’m being honest I mostly edit on my iPad anyway.

For games if nobody answers your question I’ll test it out when I get home from work

Nice, I’ll have a look at those when I’m home from work! Gamemode is pretty cool I never even thought about installing that.

The start menu was getting so painful 😭

Wow, I know I’m late but I’d love an invite! No worries if there aren’t any spots left tho

Thanks everyone for the responses! I guess it really all is personal preference! I ended up just switching to the analog stick like a few commenters and I’m getting used to it. Not sure why but I just can’t get used to the dpad.

Finally got around to playing ni no kuni because of the steam deck (: not sure what’s next, thinking something less story focused like a roguelike